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At which point will the basketball have the greatest gravitational potential energy when you throw it in an arc?
a) The bottom of the arc
b) The top of the arc
c) When it hits the ground
d) When I am spinning it on my finger

A ball is about to roll down a ramp. What happens to the transfer of potential energy to kinetic energy if you make the ramp steeper?
a) No change
b) Kinetic energy decreases
c) Kinetic energy increases
d) There is no kinetic energy

What happens to the energy of a ball as it is dropped from a height of 10 m?
a) Potential energy is transformed into nuclear energy
b) Mechanical energy is transformed into potential energy
c) Potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy
d) Kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy.

The law of conservation of energy states that when one form of energy is transformed to another,
a) energy is destroyed in the process
b) no energy is destroyed in the process.
c) energy is created in the process
d) some amount of energy cannot be accounted for.

When you rub your hands together on a cold day, you use friction to transform
a) mechanical energy into thermal energy
b) thermal energy into nuclear energy
c) nuclear energy into electrical energy
d) electrical energy into electromagnetic energy

A change from one form of energy into another is called
a) an energy increase
b) work
c) conservation of energy
d) an energy transformation

The energy associated with the motion and position of an object is called
a) kinetic energy
b) potential energy
c) gravitational potential energy
d) mechanical energy

Visible light is an example of
a) chemical energy
b) electrical energy
c) electromagnetic energy
d) nuclear energy.

Unlike kinetic energy, potential energy is
a) energy of motion
b) stored
c) conserved
d) not measurable

Energy stored in the nucleus of an atom is called
a) electromagnetic energy
b) nuclear energy
c) mechanical energy
d) chemical energy

The energy associated with motion is called
a) kinetic energy
b) elastic potential energy
c) gravitational potential energy
d) nuclear energy

How would you calculate an object’s mechanical energy?
a) Add its kinetic and potential energies
b) Multiply its kinetic and potential energies
c) Subtract its kinetic energy from its potential energy
d) Subtract its potential energy from it kinetic energy

Which of the following has kinetic energy?
a) a rock poised for a fall
b) an archer’s bow that is drawn back
c) a rolling bowling ball
d) a car waiting at a red light

Potential energy that depends on height is called
a) kinetic energy.
b) gravitational potential energy
c) elastic potential energy
d) mechanical energy

What type of energy transformation is taking place when natural gas is used to heat water?
a) chemical energy into thermal energy
b) thermal energy into mechanical energy
c) mechanical energy into electromagnetic energy
d) electromagnetic energy into chemical

What type of energy does a spinning turbine have?
a) electrical
b) nuclear
c) thermal
d) mechanical

An example of something that stores chemical energy is
a) lightening
b) microwave
c) match
d) light

The ability to do work or cause change is called
a) velocity
b) energy
c) transfer
d) friction

Energy is measured in units called
a) joules
b) pounds
c) meters
d) horsepower

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